In re the Estate of Davey
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
*183OPINION OF THE COURT
Dennis K. McDermott, S.
The issue presented is whether this court ought to impose sanctions against an attorney who prepared a will based on his failure to extend a customary professional courtesy to the attorney retained by the nominated executor to offer the will for probate.
The petitioner is the son of the decedent. He has asked the court to admit to probate a seven-page document which purports to be his mother’s last will and testament allegedly made on September 20, 2000. The filed document was accompanied by the original of an affidavit of the two attesting witnesses.
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